Assessment of the levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine contaminants in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-56

  García Álvarez, Natalia ^a   Boada, Luis D ^a   Fernández, Antonio ^a   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Arbelo, Manuel ^a   Sierra, Eva ^a   Xuriach, Aina ^a   Almunia, Javier ^b   Camacho, María ^a   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Loro Parque SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Canary Islands; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS); BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; CANARY ISLANDS; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DOLPHIN; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BODY FAT; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906937559     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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